xiii, 419 pages 25 cm

Translation of La synthèse thomiste

Includes bibliographical references

Metaphysical synthesis of Thomism. Intelligible being and first principles ; Act and potency -- Theology and De Deo uno. The nature of theological work ; The proofs of God's existence ; Divine eminence ; God's knowledge ; God's will and God's love ; Providence and predestination ; Omnipotence -- The blessed Trinity. Augustine and Thomas ; The divine processions ; The divine relations ; The divine persons ; The notional acts ; Equality and union ; The Trinity naturally unknowable ; Proper names and appropriations ; The indwelling of the blessed Trinity -- Angel and man. The sources ; Angelic nature and knowledge ; The angelic will ; Angelic merit and demerit ; The treatise on man ; The nature of the soul ; The union of soul with body ; The faculties of the soul ; The separated soul ; Original sin -- Redemptive incarnation. The hypostatic union ; Consequences of the hypostatic union ; Freedom and impeccability ; Christ's victory and passion ; Mariology -- The sacraments of the church. The sacraments in general ; Transubstantiation ; The sacrifice of the Mass ; Attrition and contrition ; The reviviscence of merit ; The treatise on the church ; The soul's immutability after death -- Moral theology and spirituality. Man's ultimate purpose and goal ; Human acts ; Virtues and vices ; Law ; A treatise on grace ; The theological virtues ; The moral virtues ; Christian perfection ; Charismatic graces ; Conclusion -- Developments and confirmations. The twenty-four Thomistic theses ; Realism and first principles ; Realism and pragmatism ; Ontological personality ; Efficacious grace

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